As the 21st century begins, a number of leaders in politics, education, and other professions believe that the United States must adopt some new values to go along with the older traditional ones. What new values should Americans adopt This is a very difficult question to answer. Certainly, a greater value should be placed on the conservation of natural resources; Americans should learn to use less and waste less. In addition, Americans may need to place a strong value on cooperation on a national scale to achieve important national objectives. The American idea of the national good has never been based on national cooperation but rather on the freedom of the individual, maintaining those conditions that provide the greatest freedom and prosperity for the individual. It is far more difficult for Americans to accept shared sacrifice for the common good and well-being of the entire country. For example, although the majority of Americans believe that it is extremely important
A. They should use less and waste less.
B. They should try to help the developing countries with the conversation of resources.
C. They should raise money in order to protect the natural resources.
D. They should be united as one to fight against the destruction of forests.
As the 21st century begins, a number of leaders in politics, education, and other professions believe that the United States must adopt some new values to go along with the older traditional ones. What new values should Americans adopt This is a very difficult question to answer. Certainly, a greater value should be placed on the conservation of natural resources; Americans should learn to use less and waste less. In addition, Americans may need to place a strong value on cooperation on a national scale to achieve important national objectives. The American idea of the national good has never been based on national cooperation but rather on the freedom of the individual, maintaining those conditions that provide the greatest freedom and prosperity for the individual. It is far more difficult for Americans to accept shared sacrifice for the common good and well-being of the entire country. For example, although the majority of Americans believe that it is extremely important to ba
A. it makes people suspicious of the government
B. it causes people to suspect rather than trust each other
C. it makes it impossible for people to cooperate on the local level
D. it encourages people to gain success through individual hard work
The University as Business
A number of colleges and universities have announced steep
tuition increases for next year much steeper than the current,
very low, rate of inflation. They say the increases are needed because of
a loss in value of university endowments' heavily investing in common （1）
stock. I am skeptical. A business firm chooses the price that maximizes
its net revenues, irrespective fluctuations in income; and increasingly the （2）
outlook of universities in the United States is indistinguishable from those of （3）
business firms. The rise in tuitions mayreflect the fact economic uncertainty （4）
increases the demand for education. The biggest cost of being
in the school is foregoing income from a job (this isprimarily a factor in （5）
graduate and professional-school tuition); the poor one' s job prospects, （6）
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